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2010-05-17
Parametric Study of Pyramidal Microwave Absorber Using Rice Husk
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Hassan Nornikman,

    Mr. Hassan Nornikman

    School of Computer and Communication Engineering

    Universiti Malaysia Perlis

    Malaysia

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Mohd Fareq Bin Abd Malek,

    Dr. Mohd Fareq Bin Abd Malek

    School of Computer and Communication Engineering

    Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)

    Malaysia

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Ping Jack Soh,

    Dr. Ping Jack Soh

    Dept of Electrical Engineering

    KU Leuven

    Belgium

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Azremi Abdullah Al-Hadi,

    Professor Azremi Abdullah Al-Hadi

    Faculty of Electronic Engineering & Technology

    University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)

    Malaysia

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Fwen Hoon Wee,

    Dr. Fwen Hoon Wee

    School of Computer and Communication Engineering

    University Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)

    Malaysia

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A. Hasnain

    Dr. A. Hasnain

    Faculty of Electrical Engineering

    University Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Pulau Pinang

    Malaysia

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Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 104, 145-166, 2010
doi:10.2528/PIER10041003
Abstract
Agriculture waste has potential to be used as an alternative material for the microwave absorber used in the anechoic chamber. Compared to the current materials used, such as polystyrene and polyurethane, agricultural waste has low cost and is environmental friendly. In this paper, rice husks from paddy are used as the material in the pyramidal microwave absorber design, to operate effectively in the frequency range from 1 GHz to 20 GHz. Urea Formaldehyde (UF) and Phenol Formaldehyde (PF) are the resins investigated, and are used to make the rice husk particle board. There are four main stages in designing the rice husk pyramidal microwave absorber. They are fabricating the rice husk particle board, deriving the dielectric constant value of the resin-rice husk mixture particle board, simulating the rice husk pyramidal microwave absorber using CST Microwave Studio software, and analyzing the performance of the rice husk pyramidal microwave absorber. Various parameters that affect the performance of the pyramidal microwave absorber are investigated, such as the dielectric constant of the material used, mixed resin percentages, source-port distance and angles between the signal source and the surface of the pyramidal microwave absorber. The excellent reflection loss results show that the rice husks can be potentially used as the material in a microwave pyramidal absorber.
Citation
Hassan Nornikman, Mohd Fareq Bin Abd Malek, Ping Jack Soh, Azremi Abdullah Al-Hadi, Fwen Hoon Wee, and A. Hasnain, "Parametric Study of Pyramidal Microwave Absorber Using Rice Husk," Progress In Electromagnetics Research, Vol. 104, 145-166, 2010.
doi:10.2528/PIER10041003
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